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Review Quotes:
"The redefinition of body horror. People will tell you this book is like drugs. The truth is that it
is drugs."--
Meg Elison, Philip K. Dick Award- and Locus Award-winning author of Number One Fan
Review Quotes:
"A bold, utterly propulsive masterpiece." --
Eric LaRocca, author of Wretch
Biographical Note:
Daniel Kraus is a
New York Times bestselling writer of novels, TV, and film. His novel
Angel Down was the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, a
New York Times Top 10 Book of the year, and a national bestseller. His novel
Whalefall received a front-cover review in
The
New York Times Book Review, won the Alex Award, was an
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist, and was named a Best Book of Year by NPR,
The
New York Times,
Chicago Tribune, and more. With Guillermo del Toro, he coauthored
The Shape of Water, based on the same idea the two created for the Oscar-winning film. Also with del Toro, Kraus coauthored
Trollhunters, which was adapted into the Emmy Award-winning Netflix series. He cowrote
The Living Dead and
Pay the Piper with legendary filmmaker George A. Romero. Kraus's
The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch was named one of
Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Books of the Year. Kraus has won the Bram Stoker Award, Scribe Award, two Odyssey Awards (for both
Rotters and
Scowler), and has appeared multiple times as Library Guild selections, and more. Kraus's work has been translated into over twenty-five languages. He lives with his partner in Chicago. Visit him at DanielKraus.com.
Publisher Marketing:
Perfectly aligned for readers of
Iain M. Banks's
The Culture series and Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas", The Sixth Nik is a galaxy spanning adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angel Down and Whalefall.
Deep into space, far past the triworld outposts, beyond range of the lethal trollbot internet, soars
The Sickness: a ship woven from biomatter and capable of reacting to every need of its human crew. Sisilla, a nine-year-old cultist with a brain enhanced by arcane tech known as "niks," has boarded to investigate the enigma of Fém--a plague-riddled planet that has abruptly gone rogue.
The mysterious crew includes a faceless assassin, a beautiful engineer jigsawed by plastic surgery, a peyote-addicted medic, and--most lethal of all--a rugged, NonModded captain with a score to settle with Sisilla. Other dangers abound. A hacked robot begins to believe Sisilla is its daughter.
The Sickness itself is mutating, possibly even pregnant. And the secret of Fém is more horrific than anyone could have imagined. To survive, Sisilla will need to forsake her predetermined fate and embrace the unknown.
Review Citations:
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Library Journal 05/01/2026 pg. 105 (EAN 9781668079478, Hardcover)
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Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2026 (EAN 9781668079478, Hardcover)
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Publishers Weekly 06/01/2026 (EAN 9781668079478, Hardcover)
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Booklist 06/01/2026 (EAN 9781668079478, Hardcover)
Contributor Bio:Kraus, Daniel
Daniel Kraus is a
New York Times bestselling writer of novels, TV, and film. His novel
Angel Down was the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, a
New York Times Top 10 Book of the year, and a national bestseller. His novel
Whalefall received a front-cover review in
The
New York Times Book Review, won the Alex Award, was an
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist, and was named a Best Book of Year by NPR,
The
New York Times,
Chicago Tribune, and more. With Guillermo del Toro, he coauthored
The Shape of Water, based on the same idea the two created for the Oscar-winning film. Also with del Toro, Kraus coauthored
Trollhunters, which was adapted into the Emmy Award-winning Netflix series. He cowrote
The Living Dead and
Pay the Piper with legendary filmmaker George A. Romero. Kraus's
The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch was named one of
Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Books of the Year. Kraus has won the Bram Stoker Award, Scribe Award, two Odyssey Awards (for both
Rotters and
Scowler), and has appeared multiple times as Library Guild selections, and more. Kraus's work has been translated into over twenty-five languages. He lives with his partner in Chicago. Visit him at DanielKraus.com.
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